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Wed, Apr 18, 12 at 9:21
| Hi, I was hoping to get a sanity check on our cabinet prices (in Northern Virginia) which seem on the high side to me, for what they are. We have a small kitchen - 16 x 10, minus the eating area. For base cabinets we have basically two cabinets and a corner cabinet (lazy susan) plus the sink cabinet. Dishwasher and stove take up the rest. Then we have a hood, upper corner cabinet, and three upper cabinets. Merrilat Masterpiece was quoted at $22k and WoodHarbor for $29k. If I'm paying close to $30k for cabinets, I would have thought they'd be all custom - not semi custom. Even $22k for Merrilat seems high. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks! |
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| We recently (October of 2010) reno-ed our kitchen. Our cabinetry consisted of the following. 9 base cabinets including 1 with a Super Susan and 2-4 drawer stacks. 9 upper cabinets and a tall pantry cabinet. The cabinets are constructed of 3/4" maple plywood boxes with maple face frames and are custom made. Cost, including delivery, was something like $15,000. So yes, to me your estimate seems high. I'm attaching a link to our finished kitchen slideshow to give you a better idea of our cabinets. |
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| We're in Michigan with a similar size kitchen (12 X 15) and our quotes are for 7 base cabinets, the sink cabinet, plus two upper cabinets. (The rest of the uppers are are open shelves, not included in the quote.) No hood, no corner cabinet. We have quotes now for (frameless) Brookhaven, Woodharbor, and Ultracraft; they are all right around $7,000, plus or minus $3-400. We picked cherry wood, natural stain, shaker style doors. So we should be happy? |
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- Posted by brianadarnell (My Page) on Wed, Apr 18, 12 at 9:51
That does seem high. Our cabinets are brookhaven. We got the kitchen (attached link), and three bathrooms (one larger master, a medium size, and a tiny one cabinet bath) for about $20,000. I think I have a bunch of kitchen cabinets- the island has 5 cabinets, 6 basecabinets, a refrigerator surround, a custom hood, a custom microwave/storage cabinet, and 5 uppers and a lazy susan corner cabinet. I also did a bunch of end panels.  |
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| I also live in NoVa, and am starting to shop cabinets to fill a 12x 12x6 G-shaped space. My impression is that decent cabinets will start around $400 per linear foot. Your Merillat quote does seem high; it it from Reico? You may also want to shop Mid-south building supply, as they carry Kraftmaid, Cardell and Medallion. All of those are middle of the road brands where you can do some customization and get some higher-end features. The good thing is you can use, say, a Kraftmaid quote and compare it across HD and Lowes, so you have some apples to applies comparisons. We have also made a trip to PA to price out Dutch Wood's cabinets, which are custom made. I am using that pricing as a benchmark to see what other, more commercial retailers will offer. @WillTV - You didn't say where you got your cabinets from? |
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- Posted by beekeeperswife (My Page) on Wed, Apr 18, 12 at 10:00
| MrAtoZ, did Dutchwood say they would go to N.VA? I know they have gone to DC area. It is certainly something that MmmMmm should check out too. You can probably even send them the plan you have and ask him for a quote. You can probably just have a conference call with him to go over the details of what is in your current quote. He is well aware of GW and how we are all a little obsessed. :) Bee (I think my cabinets are being painted right now!) |
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| Thanks for all the replies! @MrAtoZ - yes, you are correct. How did you know?? |
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| MrAtoZ, Although we're on Long Islaned, our cabinets are from Knight Kitchens in Vermont. They do a great job. |
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| @ MmeMmn - You mean, how did I know your quote is from Reico? Because they're the only Merillat dealer that I am aware of (and as I said, we're trying to cover the waterfront in our effort, and compare big box store offerings vs. dealers like Reico, Kleppinger, Mid-south, vs. a smaller, custom vendor like DW). @ Bee - We took our drawing to Myerstown and visited the facility in order to get our basic quote. But we need to further refine exactly what we want in order to make the best apples to apples comparison. |
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| @brianadarnell - I am in love with your kitchen! That is basically exactly what I had in mind for our kitchen. So those are Brookhaven cabinets - model and color? And the granite is lovely. Do you have any more pictures I can drool over? |
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| All those Brookhaven cabinets for 20k is an amazing price. And yes, that kitchen is gorgeous. |
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